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Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter (Edward Norton), a middle class doctor and Kitty (Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly cholera epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.

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This is definitely not a chick flick! It's really worth a watch. It's really amazing how far we had advanced for the past 100 years. I never imagine working in an epidemic region infested with infective organism without any proper barrier such as gloves, plastic apron, etc. It's like suicide, but we didn't have them 100 years ago, we didn't even have penicillin! Had not seen a case of cholera yet before, so really can't comment on how much of the symptoms projected in the show are fiction/real. I suppose it fits in the textbook description of 'rice water stool', but Walter kinda die too fast in the end it's a bit ridiculous (sorry for the spoiler). Oh, and Anthony Wong stars in this film as well, as the cool nationalist (i guess) colonel. All in all, it's really good show, I'll list it as a must watch.